{"id":1158,"date":"2013-02-09T12:27:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T20:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/?page_id=1158"},"modified":"2013-05-06T20:18:34","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T03:18:34","slug":"guro-marc-craft-dog-denny-dog-brothers-martial-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?page_id=1158","title":{"rendered":"Guro Marc &#8220;Crafty Dog&#8221; Denny &#8211; Dog Brothers Martial Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Guro_Crafty_2_Prime_shot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2301\" alt=\"Guro Crafty Dog\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Guro_Crafty_2_Prime_shot-1024x646.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Guro_Crafty_2_Prime_shot-1024x646.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Guro_Crafty_2_Prime_shot-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Guro_Crafty_2_Prime_shot.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><em>Guro<\/em>\u00a0Marc &#8220;Crafty Dog&#8221; Denny &#8211; Dog Brothers Martial Arts<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ezcol ezcol-one-half\">\n<div class=\"hr\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<h3>Systems:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Dog Brothers Martial Arts<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Head and founder of DBMA<\/li>\n<li>First-tier fighter &#8220;Crafty Dog&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Inosanto Academy<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Guro and private student of <a title=\"Guro Dan Inosanto  \u2013 Inosanto-Lacoste Kali, Mande Mude Silat, Majapahit Empire martial arts, Jun Fan\/JKD\" href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?page_id=1143\"><strong>Guro Dan Inosanto<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Machado Jiu-jitsu<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Brown Belt<\/li>\n<li>Two-time Pan Am Gold medalist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"hr\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<p><em>Guro\u00a0<\/em>Marc &#8220;Crafty Dog&#8221; Denny is the &#8220;Guiding Force&#8221; of &#8220;the Dog Brothers&#8221; and the founder and Head Instructor of the Dog Brothers Martial Arts organization, as well as one of the <a title=\"Crafty Dog in Action (Dog Brothers)\" href=\"http:\/\/dogbrothers.com\/?p=199\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>original first-tier fighters<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0 He is deeply indebted to his root teacher,\u00a0<a title=\"Guro Dan Inosanto  \u2013 Inosanto-Lacoste Kali, Mande Mude Silat, Majapahit Empire martial arts, JKD Concepts\" href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/?page_id=1143\"><strong><em>Guro\u00a0<\/em>Dan Inosanto<\/strong><\/a>, and has trained for over 30 years under him.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Higher consciousness through harder contact&#8221;\u00a0\u2122<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DobBrothers-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1792\" alt=\"Dog Brothers Martial Arts\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/DobBrothers-logo.png\" width=\"237\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ezcol ezcol-one-half ezcol-last\">\n<p><strong>HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1981 Guro Marc began his martial arts training with Tiger Claw Kung Fu under Sifu Paul Vizzio in New York. Afterwards he also spent some time with Tae Kwon Do while living in Washington, DC, before moving to California. It was there that\u00a0Marc was fortunate to meet someone from the Inosanto Academy who told him about kali, whereupon he &#8220;wandered in to check it out and have never left&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>There he trained under Guro Dan and also Paul Vunak, and it was through the training group there that Marc was introduced to the concept of full-contact stickfighting. \u00a0Some of his training partners (Bill Gaye, Chris Markus) were already working that approach and invited Marc to give it a try. It was through them that Marc was introduced to Eric Knauss (soon to be &#8220;Top Dog&#8221;). \u00a0The early days of their training together happened at the Inosanto Academy in after-hours training with a group of dedicated and adventurous students and visitors that came to be known as the &#8220;After Midnight&#8221; group. \u00a0It was during this time that they began to evolve the approach that would later become the foundation of Dog Brothers training and fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Marc introduced Brazilian Jiu-jitsu to Dog Brothers Stick Fighting in 1990 some three years <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">before<\/span> the UFC.\u00a0 It was also Marc who introduced Guro Inosanto to his BJJ teachers, the Machado Brothers, resulting in their long-time association with the Inosanto Academy.<\/p>\n<p>The defining moment of the Dog Brothers came in May of 1988 when Marc, Eric, Arlan Sanford, <strong><a title=\"Tuhon Philip \u201cSled Dog\u201d Gelinas\" href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/?page_id=950\">Philip Gelinas<\/a><\/strong>, and others came together for a three day &#8220;fight fest&#8221; at a park in San Clemente.\u00a0 Almost all the fighters averaged 20 fights over that weekend and as Guro Marc puts it: it was a crucible. The Dog Brothers were forged that weekend, and from there have grown to be a legendary force in the world of stick fighting, and martial arts in general. That &#8220;fight-fest&#8221; has come to be known as the first &#8220;Gathering of the Pack&#8221; &#8211; an event that now happens twice a year, and in 3 countries (USA, Canada, and Switzerland).<\/p>\n<p>Guro Marc has continued his training in kali (adding Lameco, Pekiti Tirsia, and others) as well as BJJ and many other arts. It is from that broad base of training and deep well of fight experience that Marc, along with his fellow original Dog Brothers,\u00a0crafted (and continues to craft) the <strong><a title=\"Dog Brothers Martial Arts\" href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/?page_id=823\" target=\"_blank\">Dog Brothers Martial Arts<\/a><\/strong> curriculum.\u00a0 From experience.<\/p>\n<p>In the words of Crafty Dog:\u00a0 <em>&#8220;If you see it taught, you see it fought.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"ezcol-divider\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"hr\"><!-- --><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Guro_Crafty_2_full1K.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2302\" alt=\"Guro Crafty Dog\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Guro_Crafty_2_full1K-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Guro_Crafty_2_full1K-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Guro_Crafty_2_full1K.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information see the official\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dogbrothers.com\" target=\"_blank\">Dog Brothers site<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or one of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Dog Brothers USA\" href=\"http:\/\/dogbrothers.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dog Brothers USA<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Dog Brothers Canada\" href=\"http:\/\/dogbrothers.ca\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dog Brothers Canada<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"line-height: 16px;\"><a title=\"Dog Brothers Europe\" href=\"http:\/\/dogbrothers.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dog Brothers Europe<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guro\u00a0Marc &#8220;Crafty Dog&#8221; Denny &#8211; Dog Brothers Martial Arts For more information see the official\u00a0Dog Brothers site\u00a0or one of: Dog Brothers USA Dog Brothers Canada Dog Brothers Europe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1158"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1160,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1158\/revisions\/1160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}